Bancroft County, Iowa

Public Health Board of Trustees

Meeting of October 16, 2025

Bancroft County, Iowa · Open to the public

Agenda

1. Call to order and roll call
2. Approval of minutes from September 18, 2025
3. Financial report
4. Resolution: support for rural mental health legislation
5. Adjournment

Minutes

The Bancroft County Public Health Board of Trustees met at 5:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Community Services Building, Adams Junction. Chair Rao called the meeting to order.

Present: Trustees Rao, Kellerman, Benitez, Hoyt, and Mehta. Also present: Public Health Director Dr. Lena Foss and Community Health Nurse Supervisor Karen Whitfield, RN.

Motion by Hoyt, seconded by Mehta, to approve the September 18, 2025 minutes. Carried 5–0.

Motion by Benitez, seconded by Hoyt, to adopt a resolution supporting state legislation establishing subacute and tertiary mental health care capacity geographically dispersed across rural Iowa, consistent with the Board of Supervisors' September resolution endorsing ISAC's 2026 legislative priorities. Carried 5–0. The Board directed Foss to transmit the resolution to the county's legislative delegation.

With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m.. Next meeting: as scheduled.

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Dr. Anita Rao, Chair
Attest: Lena Foss, Public Health Director

Minutes approved as presented at the following regular meeting. Fictional demonstration record.